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Oct 31, 2012

The Haute Poochure in Southern California as seen through the 85mm 1.2L II + 5D2. This was from a pre-Halloween event in Long Beach.

Full resolution and complete gallery:
http://www.lightcrafterphotography.com/p644709762
Click on slideshow and use left/right arrow keys to navigate.

Oct 31, 2012

I have a 1ds-Mk2 which I love really dearly, but need more action-ability.

Anyway, it's a damned large purchase, but I look forward to it.

Going to India and Maldives at the end of the month, so should get some nice shots there.

Gotta love buying from Montana dealers -- nice folks, and no tax -- though we're tax exempt anyway.

More to come!

Mt Spokane Photography · Oct 31, 2012

*** Thanks for caring and here's a update ***
NJ Warehouse: Back at work with power and all orders of the past few days should ship today.
NYC Store: We are closed due to the local power outages and waiting to have power back, we have no confirmed time for that.
NYC Office: Some dept's are operating via generated power and assuring that your orders are being processed.
Shop with us ONLINE at http://ow.ly/eV3pY
Phone: Call us at 800.223.2500 and our lines should be fine!Good News!
I ordered a camera on Sunday, so I was hoping that the delay would not be too long, I know the warehouse is in a old Navy Yard, so I was expecting the worst.

Canon Rumors · Oct 31, 2012

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<p><strong>Announcement on March 26, 2013?

</strong>I was recently told that a new 55mm f/1.3 lens would be announced on March 26, 2013. This is the first time I have ever seen an announcement date called this far off. Although, I tend to believe something is probably going to happen in March of 2013. I find it odd that Canon won’t be doing the <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/2012/10/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii-firmware-adds-hdmi-af-upgrades/" target="_blank">announced firmware</a> for the 5D Mark III until April 2013, I’m not sure if that’s tied to other new products coming.</p>
<p>As for the lens, it wasn’t specified if it was EF or EF-M mount, I have just assumed it would be EF-M. For arguments sake, that would give an approximate field of view of 90mm f/1.3. A nice portrait lens for the new system.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>

vargyropoulos · Oct 31, 2012

Hello, I need some advice on an "affordable" telephoto lens which will be used primarily for wildlife. initially I will be shooting birds and other animals within the parks in the New York city area, later on I plan to head upsate to see if I can find raptors (owls, hawks, eagles, etc). I currently have the EF70-300mm and unless I am shooting with very bright light it does not give me the sharpness that I would like.

I tried the 100-400L earlier this summer and it appears to be a decent lens
other lenses that look good on paper (price and features) are the 300F4 and the 400F5.6.
I am also considering the 70-200f2.8 ISII and a 2x converter

Does anyone have any opinion on choosing between the above mentioned lenses, or even to propose another lens/combo at a similar price range? AS far as bodies are concerned... either 5D3 or 7D... still debating on that one....

Cgdillan · Oct 31, 2012

The 60D came out in August 2010. It's been over 2 years with is a long time for an XXD body. Then even more so the 7D mkII (if there will be one). Where are they? I want a new slightly better high iso sensor with DIGIC 5 and some nice jpeg and video noise reduction.

pierceography · Oct 31, 2012

Here's some of mine from urban exploring in Detroit. Feel free to share yours!

well_dunno · Oct 31, 2012

Hi all

Not sure if it is possible to make sense of the technology from what's available here but anyway:

http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/next-sony-foveon-alike-patent/

Cheers!

HurtinMinorKey · Oct 31, 2012

http://www.eoshd.com/content/9148/sony-drop-a-bombshell-with-4k-raw-180fps-and-global-shutter-here-are-the-sony-f5-and-f55

Cumon Canon, now's the time to drop the price on the c300 to $8K

Canon Rumors · Oct 31, 2012

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<strong>Official Numbers are in


</strong>For the people that like the numbers game, DXOMark has released their official score for the Canon EOS-1D X.</p>
<p>The numbers don’t look too bad, though they don’t tell the whole story about the EOS-1D X. I think it’s currently the best DSLR as a whole currently on the market, unless you want the big resolution of the D800.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Publications/DxOMark-Reviews/Canon-EOS-1-DX-The-best-of-Canon-s-full-frame-sensors"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11759" title="dxo1dx" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dxo1dx.jpg" alt="" width="575" height="326" /></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Publications/DxOMark-Reviews/Canon-EOS-1-DX-The-best-of-Canon-s-full-frame-sensors" target="_blank">Read the complete review at DXOMark</a></strong></p>
<p><em>Canon EOS-1D X at <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/827036-REG/Canon_5253B002_EOS_1D_X_EOS_Digital.html/bi/2466/kbid/3296" target="_blank">B&H</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005Y3T1AI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005Y3T1AI&linkCode=as2&tag=canorumo-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.adorama.com/ICA1DX.html?kbid=64393" target="_blank">Adorama</a> | <a href="http://www.normancamera.com/index/page/product/product_id/24696/product_name/Canon+EOS-1D+X+Digital+SLR+Camera+%28Body+Only%29+" target="_blank">Norman Camera</a></em></p>
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H and B Digital · Oct 31, 2012

Here's a link http://tinyurl.com/csaas7e to my hands-on review of the PowerShot SX50 on H and B Digital's blog (our website is http://www.handbdigital.com/).

I wrote this last week, well before Hurricane Sandy. I live in Lower Manhattan, and wish I had one of these little buggers during the storm. Instead, I was lugging around my 7D with the 24-70 f/2.8, my 20D with the 17-35 f/2.8, and the 70-200 f/2.8 IS II and a flash in the bag--along with rain covers to attempt to keep the above dry (they were fine inside my Domke F1-X bag). I went back out later without the above and just my S95, nowhere near the SX50's zoom capacity. Although the SX50 isn't waterproof and not comparable to the 7D or other EOS bodies in terms of image quality, running around with that amazing zoom range and not worrying about $1000's of dollars in gear would have been great.

I'll hopefully be posting photos from Sandy on our blog later today (I'm still without power at home, but our store is open.)

Cheers,
Dan at H and B Digital.com

pakosouthpark · Oct 31, 2012

http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2012/08/worlds-most-expensive-lens-unsurprisingly-leica

this is ridiculous! some people don't know how to spend their money! with so much shizzle going on in this world..!

bycostello · Oct 31, 2012

I see the canon m has hit the shelves... anyone tell me what the shutter lag is like on it?

Frankie T Fotografia · Oct 31, 2012

Because I'm crazy enough to go down there during Hurricane Sandy

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.476941032328643.106323.429078817114865&type=1&l=b7dde72257

Here's one from the set of photos. It was so creepy down there!

Oct 30, 2012

Ladies and Gentlemen,

First and foremost, thanks for such a superb resource of information! I am about to fork out some cash to get a MT-24EX twin macro flash unit, but given that it has been a while since it was released I was wondering if anyone heard anything about some newer release? Its documentation still talks about the 550EX...

Cheers,

JVc

dave · Oct 30, 2012

OK, OK.

I know that we are dealing with hypotheticals but lets go with some assumptions:

- Image quality is somewhere 10-15% either side of the 24-70 f/2.8L II. I have to say this because of the variation in the 24-70L II. It is possible that a single 24-70L f/4 IS could be both 10% better and worse than the 24-70mm f/2.8L.
- In particular the distortion from the 24-105 is eased, especially at the wide end
- The lens has 4-5 stop IS

CharlieB · Oct 30, 2012

I'm not all that thrilled with the focusing accuracy or of the 50mm f/1.4 USM.
I tend to shoot that lens at about f/2.0 most of time. Closed just enough to control the creaminess at f/1.4.
And its a tough thing to get it to focus where I like.

So the question is - does the 50mm f/1.2L do any better with focus? I'd probably be shooting it wide open, or just a hair closed as well.

Thanks for the input!~

Oct 30, 2012

Hi Guys..

Quick question.
have anyone noticed their 7D is producing a slight yellow tint in video mode?

I'm currently on a shoot where we have another 7D and when I sat down and looked through the video there was a clearly visible difference between the two cameras.

Shooting with Zeiss ZF lenses at 1080P 24fps, 1/50, f. 2.8 WB 3100 on both cameras.

- At first I thought it was the lens, so I tried and change between the two camera - no luck.
- Thought it might be the new 2.0 firmware as the other camera is running an older one. So tried upgrading to 2.0.3 - no luck.
- I went through all settings on both camera and made sure they were equal - no luck.

Have any of you experiences any color problems after the 2.0.X FM upgrade?

Oct 30, 2012

JPEG straight out of the camera. No editing done yet

ahsanford · Oct 30, 2012

Hello Canon folks,

I thought I'd dabble at some sports work. My friend plays hockey in a local rec league, so I thought I'd give that a go.

It's a small local rink, and I have free access to about 80% of the glass' periphery and can walk right up to the glass. Also, being a new rink, the glass is nearly perfectly clear (though it does reflect lights).

Here's what I am doing...

Gear:

5D3
24-70 Mk I, 70-200 F/2.8 IS II
UV filters only (for front element protection), not using polarizers as I want as much light as possible
Not using hoods as the slightly elevated standing space behind the boards is really small and the hood would lean to a risky balancing act as it would push me back three inches from the glass.

Method:

Most of the shots are standing behind the glass in the corners of the ice, I can comfortably pan with the 70-200 or zoom out with the 24-70 to see from the entry of the zone to the net without hitting a glass seam.
Not using a monopod -- just handholding
Using IS mode 1 on the 70-200. I'm not just panning at guys skating by. Some guys are coming right at me.
I'm generally trying to freeze motion, so I've been in the ISO 1600-3200 range, and F/3.5 or so as both lenses sharpen up when slightly stopped down. I'm happy to net 1/500s exposures, but would love to shoot more quickly if it didn't generate much noise or drive a softer large aperture.
Using level one out of three of high ISO noise reduction.
Shooting JPEG only to keep the buffer manageable -- more consecutive shots.
AI Servo used, chose mode 4 in the menu system. Generally using the center point only, but I also use single point off-set right or left to track the puck handler with space in front of them, rule of thirds-style.... sort of.
As I am shooting JPEG, I'm using the florescent white balance as that's the lighting in this rink.
Pushing EV +1 to get the ice truly white (it's gray at normal exposure) -- this is like shooting snow, right?

Results:

I'm seeing a lot of slightly cloudy looking shots. Levels work can manage some of this, but I'd like to get it right in camera if possible.
Much like shooting portraits of someone in front of the ocean, I often mess up and shoot out-of-level with the boards & dasher. Any tips on this? Monopod, maybe?
Sharpness is good, not great. Nothing, not even still shots of guys at a faceoff, resembles the razor sharpness I see on a sports website. Short of stopping down further, what can I do here?

Samples -- see attached / below.

...Now, please tell me what might put me in a better position to succeed!

Thanks, team. It's awesome to learn from you all.

- A

Oct 30, 2012

Hi everyone

Recently bought a 200L f2.8 mk I used in excellent condition and I'm very pleased with it, unless I'm shooting in low light situations. I have a 5Dii and in low light this lens hunts too much to grab focus and sometimes it wont grab it at all. Hence, my question: does anyone know if the 200L f2.8 mk II has any improvements regarding focusing from the mk I?

I know the main difference between them is that the mk II lost that useless built-in hood that the mk I had. I also know that the 5Dii autofocus system is crap in low light, but that's what I have.

Thank you all.

rhysb123 · Oct 30, 2012

Hi,
I have a 5 D 'classic' that I use as a second body (to a 5D mk2). I have the chance to basically swap the 5D 'classic' for a 1DS mk2.

Should I do it?

Dilemma.

Anyone got some good pros and cons ?

Thanks for your time

Rhys.

Canon Rumors · Oct 30, 2012

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<p><strong>A new zoom

</strong>A new EF 24-70 f/4L IS is on the horizon. It appears something was lost in translation in regards to yesterday’s rumor.  While a prototype of the 2.8 version in IS form exists, the f/4L version is what will be coming to market.</p>
<p>No announcement date is known. Remember <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/2012/02/new-lenses-coming-cr3/" target="_blank">we reported on the EF 40mm f/2.8 pancake</a> 4 months before it was announced. I do not have a solid announcement date, so it could be a while off.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>

RLPhoto · Oct 30, 2012

I'm curious as photographers, Over the years we own different camera bodies and Like to see the progression.

My progression

1999 - My grandfather gave me my Minolta Maxxum AF 35mm Camera W/ 50mm 1.8 & Yashica MAT-124G

2002 - Sold my Yashica and saved cash for a beat-up used Hassleblad 501CM w/ 85mm Zeiss 2.8.

2005 - Bought a old minolta flatbed scanner & A canon 10D w/50mm 1.8. Lightly ventured into 4x5 viewcamera's for landscapes. (mostly not my equipment)

2008 - Sold my Minolta scanner, Hassleblad, Canon 10D. Purchased a Rebel XSI, bought 5Dc, 10-22mm, 50mm 1.4, and 135L

2010 - Broke XSI CPS trade for 7D. Bought 50L

2012 - Sold 5Dc, Bought 5D3 and 24L II.

*Future* - Sell 7D and 10-22mm, Purchase 5D4

Thats Where I Am Now. Lets hear you story! ;D

compupix · Oct 30, 2012

http://www.canonwatch.com/chuck-westfall-shows-the-canon-eos-6d-wireless-connectivity/

Looks like fun!

Thanks,
Drew

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